Most likely, the social media team figured a tweet honoring a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement on the 55th anniversary of her refusing to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Ala., wouldn’t ruffle all that many feathers. But the specific wording of the tweet, the notion that Parks had a part in “ending racism,” set off some alarm bells.

“Unfortunately racism still very much exists,” columnist Connor Simpson wrote at The Wire. “In fact, racism exists within the Republican party.”